2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY CONDITIONS AT ANY SPEED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THE WIPER LINKAGE WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V582000 (VISIBILITY). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 12/13/16*LJ UPDATED 12/19/16.*JB

CAR STALL MANY TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHEN YOU PULL OUT FROM A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN DUE TO BAD INTAKE CAM SOLENOID. HAD TO RESTART CAR SEVERIAL TIME JUST TO GET CLEAR OF THE INTERSECTION. CAR MAY THEN RUN OK FOR WEEKS AND THEN DO IT AGAIN. GM STATED IT IS NOT PART OF THERE RECALL, EVEN THOU IT HAS THE SAME ISSUES AS THE CARS UNDER THE RECALL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ODOR OF FUEL AND OIL WERE PRESENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PISTONS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN OIL CONSUMPTION FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TAKATA RECALL HIT ON DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL AND DOOR BUMPER LITES BENT THE FRONT WHEEL IN TOO THE MOTOR. JUST STARTED TOO MOVE FORWARD. CITY STREET GOING STRATE.

WAS ALERTED TO THE CONDITION OF MY TIRES WHILE ON AN EIGHT HOUR TRIP FROM HOME. DRY ROT ON TIRES WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. TIRES ROTATED REGULARLY. MECHANIC SAID I WAS IN DIRE DANGER. HAD TO INSTALL 4 NEW TIRES, AN EXPENSE NOT EXPECTED ON MICHELIN TIRES, OF WHICH WAS A SELLING POINT ON MY CAR. HE SAID THEY WON'T EVEN CARRY THEM BECAUSE OF THE DRY ROT PROBLEMS THEY'VE BEEN SEEING. MY HUSBAND LOOKED ON YOUTUBE WHEN I CALLED TO GET HIS TAKE. SAID THERE WAS A STREAM OF STORIES AND VIDEOS FROM FOLKS JUST LIKE ME. THE LORD WAS WITH ME THAT DAY FOR SURE.

THE BOTTOM SEAM OF ALL FOUR DOORS HAVE BEGUN TO RUST. THE BACK TWO DOORS APPEAR TO BE WORSE THAN THE FRONT TWO. I, BY CHANCE, HAPPENED TO NOTICE THE RUST WHILE CLEANING OUT THE BACK SEAT AROUND MILEAGE 38,000 BUT IT LOOKS TO HAVE STARTED MUCH EARLIER BY THE AMOUNT ON THE BACK TWO DOORS. GM NEEDS TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION BEFORE THE DOORS RUST OUT. HOW DOES CANADA GET THE RECALL BUT NOT THE US, THIS MAKES NO SENSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS SHUT OFF WHILE THEY WERE ON. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING WHEN IT HAPPENED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET EQUINOX EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN, TIRE LINE: LATITUDE TOUR, TIRE SIZE: 235 55R/18 TIRES. DOT# M33J007X2510. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD EXPERIENCED TIRE SEPARATION. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD EXPOSED FABRIC FROM THE SEPARATION. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

SERVICE AIRBAG HAS BEEN ON FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS; CURRENTLY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG "OFF" IS ILLUMINATED. I AM GOING TO ASSUME THAT MEANS THE PASSENGEER AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVROLET EQUINOX AND CHEVY NOR GENERAL MOTORS HAVE PUT A RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS. DTC INCORRECT B0081 (RIGHT SIS INSTALLED) AND B0074 (PASSENGER OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SENSOR CIRCUIT) SEEMS TO BE THE CAUSE.